Properties (Defaults Database) dialog

This dialog is used to view and/or edit the property sets stored in the default properties databases. To access this dialog, click Tools > Edit Default Properties Database.

As can be seen in the Properties drop-down menu at the top of the dialog, the default properties databases includes the following types of entries:

Process Conditions

This category includes default process settings for particular types of analyses, characteristics of the default injection molding machine, and various process controllers. These default settings will appear in the relevant Process Settings Wizard pages or advanced options dialogs whenever you create a new study.

Materials

Properties of the default material that will automatically be selected in the relevant Process Settings Wizard pages or advanced options dialogs whenever you create a new study.

Parameters

Default solver parameter values for the various type of analysis. This default settings will appear in the relevant advanced options dialogs whenever you create a new study.

Geometry/Mesh/BC

Default property values for the various properties that can be applied to geometry or mesh entities in the model.

Dialog element	Explanation
Properties	Displays the property type of the database. The Property type was specified when you created a new database.
Destination	Displays the name of the destination database. When creating or editing a database, you are creating or editing a destination database. When copying from the Autodesk database to your own, customized database, the destination database is your custom database.
Personal database entries table	Displays the entries in your personal database, in tabular format. Tip: Double-clicking on an entry will open it for editing.
Export	Allows you to export the list of properties in the table as a text (*.txt) file.
Edit	Allows you to edit the selected property.
Search	Enables you to search the Autodesk Moldflow materials database for the required material.
Columns	Allows you to control the way data is displayed in the dialog. The dialog displays data in a tabular format, as described below. Each row represents a single property, for example, one thermoplastic material (if you are working with a thermoplastic material database), or one molding machine (if you are working with a molding machine database). Each column represents a type of data associated with the property. For example, the following are some of the types of data associated with thermoplastic materials: family name, trade name, manufacturer, mold temperature, specific heat data.